So we are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were appealing through us. We implore on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
Corinthians 5:20
For he says: “In an acceptable time I heard
you, and on the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold now is the acceptable
time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
Corinthians 6:2
From time to time, we should remind ourselves and reflect upon the idea that life on this earth is only temporary and is a relatively short journey to the kingdom of heaven. Believing in the “resurrection of the body and life everlasting” is part of our motivation to live faithfully the gospel we have received.
In the love of Jesus,
Father Lenny Zamborsky
August 11, 1996
For Reflection:
How can you as an individual be an ambassador
for Christ in this short journey to the kingdom of heaven?
Do you truly believe in the “resurrection of the body and life everlasting?” If the answer is “yes,” how can you live faithfully the gospel you have received, thereby enjoying God`s gift of salvation?
Do you truly believe in the “resurrection of the body and life everlasting?” If the answer is “yes,” how can you live faithfully the gospel you have received, thereby enjoying God`s gift of salvation?
Trudged out into the cold this morning, reflecting on "I am an ambassador for Christ...on a relatively short journey...." Some days that journey seems kind of long.
ReplyDeleteAwhile later, while I was driving I tuned into NPR and listened to a piece about the global refugee/migrant crisis...more than 60 million people displaced due to violence, poverty, hunger. What must their journeys be like? Changed my perspective.
I was listening to that today too! And it also changed my perspective. Their journey is barely lived from one moment to the next in uncertain world while my journey is full of future plans made with some degree of confidence that I'll have time to implement them and manage my own world. But I'm fooling myself. My future is no more certain than theirs. I can't control what will happen in the next moment. We live in the same world. All of our journeys are intertwined. We are responsible for one another.
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